BENNINGTON AMERICAN LEGION POST #266 SUGGESTED TIMELINE OF ACTIVITIES FOR 2020

JANUARY 2020

No Regular Meeting

FEBRUARY

    District 8 Convention, Feb. 8, at Valley #58, beginning at 9AM

Select High School Boys for Nebraska Boys State

American Legion District 8 Leap Year Dinner, Papillion #32, 4-8PM

 

MARCH

Legion Birthday Dinner, March 8, 1PM

Scholarship Applications due

Jr Law and Boys State Applications due in State Dept by March 15th

 

APRIL

Legion Pancake Feed and Auxiliary Bake Sale-April 4th, 7AM-12:00 Noon

Jr Law Orientation at Ralston #373, April 19th

 

MAY

Memorial Day Services at Flower Hill, German and Prairie View Cemeteries

Lunch for Legion Members following the services at the Legion Hall

 

JUNE

Nebraska Boys State held in Lincoln May 31-June 6th

Begin signing up for Fireworks Sales

Elect Officers for Legion Post #266

Bennington Daze Parade

Set up Fireworks-start selling on June 24th

 Nebraska Department Convention, June 22-25

Jr Law-22d-25th in Grand Island at the Nebraska Law Enforcement

 

JULY

  No Regular Meeting

  Finish selling Fireworks-July 4th

  Take Fireworks Inventory

 

AUGUST

Start Renewing Memberships

 National Convention

 

SEPTEMBER

 

OCTOBER

District Fall Roundup

Nebraska’s portion of Highway 20 the “Nebraska Medal of Honor Highway”.

Governor Ricketts formally signed the paperwork to make Nebraska’s portion of Highway 20 the “Nebraska Medal of Honor Highway. 1-31-20

There was a great turnout at Veterans Legislative Day this morning and a lot of wonderful information on this year’s veteran and military-related legislation, our priorities in growing Nebraska, and how veterans and their family members can stay involved.

 

 

Military Family Scholarship

The attorneys at Berry Law have the utmost respect for the sacrifices made by America’s Veterans and their families in the service of the country. We have long fought for the legal rights of Veterans, and we recognize the critical role that their families play in supporting the mission from home, both during and after service. Which is why we are proud to announce The Military Family Scholarship.

Berry Law Firm 

The Military Family Scholarship

Deadline: January 31, 2020

Award: $1,000 

For more details about this scholarship, please visit our scholarship page.

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